Tanja Schultz was appointed Professor of Cognitive Systems at the University of Bremen in April 2015. She passed the state examination in mathematics and sports in 1989 before turning to computer science. Her diploma in 1995 was followed by a doctorate in computer science at the University of Karlsruhe in 2000. This was followed by six years as a research scientist and professor at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. From 2007 to 2015, she was a professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. In 2007, she founded the Cognitive Systems Lab (CSL). Her research focuses on cognitive technical systems for human–machine interaction based on language and non-verbal communication signals. To do this, she combines machine learning methods with innovations in biosignal processing, such as in “silent speech communication” and “airwriting”. In 2012, she received the Alcatel-Lucent Research Prize for her overall work in the field of “Humans and Technology in Communication Systems.” At the University of Bremen, she is a computer scientist and set up the Biosignals Laboratory.